| The etymology of the word, from Greek, stands for beautiful writing, indicates for many an aspiration more than a reality. But natural predisposition aside, calligraphy is also a matter of exercise, application and patience, and even without becoming an artist, anyone with a bit of effort and good directions can get discreet results.</onlyinclude> We will not pretend here to address a topic for which there are many resources and many specialized sites, but rather to collect, from this page, articles and suggestions aimed at obtaining a "beautiful writing" with the use of a fountain pen, and not only. | | The etymology of the word, from Greek, stands for beautiful writing, indicates for many an aspiration more than a reality. But natural predisposition aside, calligraphy is also a matter of exercise, application and patience, and even without becoming an artist, anyone with a bit of effort and good directions can get discreet results.</onlyinclude> We will not pretend here to address a topic for which there are many resources and many specialized sites, but rather to collect, from this page, articles and suggestions aimed at obtaining a "beautiful writing" with the use of a fountain pen, and not only. |
− | At the moment the wiki has quite limited content regarding calligraphy, but a [[calligraphic glossary]] is being written; anyone interested in developing this section should not hesitate to use the [[FountainPen:Information|contact information]] to gain write access to the site and start [[Help:Contribute|contribute]]. Of particular importance then may be the contributions to our project of ''"[[Shared Library]]'', for the retrieval of texts on the subject. | + | At the moment the wiki has quite limited content regarding calligraphy, but a [[calligraphic glossary]] is being written; anyone interested in developing this section should not hesitate to use the [[FountainPen:Informations|contact information]] to gain write access to the site and start [[Help:Contribute|contribute]]. Of particular importance then may be the contributions to our project of ''"[[Shared Library]]'', for the retrieval of texts on the subject. |